Masonic Impostors.

139 , Rue Crenelle St . Honore , Paris , and member of Lodges St . Jean de Jerusalem , St . Vincent de Paul , and . Ecosie de Jerusalem . He visited Brighton on the 4 th of Januaiy , and obtained , just prior to the closing of the York Loclge , No . 394 , admission . He is . ivell up ; and the P . M . stated ( as Avell as another brother ) that the clifi ' erence Avas but slight . He has ( rather a ruse I believe ) scarcely any knoAvledge ofthe

English language . A Master Mason ' s apron Avas lent him , and , in the confusion before proceeding to banquet , he quietly took himself and the apron off . Next morning a brother introduced him to the mayor , ivho is a Brother , Avho obtained him a passport . He obtained relief from others to pay his passage , as he saicl , to Paris , and announced his intention to return to Brighton about the 25 th January , having hope of an engagement as tutor in a school here , but I have heard no more of him .

From enquiries through a brother resident in Paris I learn that " Monsieur L is a counterfeit . The highest number in the Rue Grcnclle St . Honore , is 53 ; the Lodge St . Jean dc Jerusalem has ceased to exist for six years ; the Lodge St . Vincent cle Paul I visited on Saturday , and the Master and the Secretary assured me that there ivas no record on the books of any person of the name of L ever haA'ing been a member . The Lodge Ecosie de Jerusalem never has existed . "

This M . L is short in stature ' . While on the subject of imposition , I may perhaps be of further service by giA'ing another extract from my friend ' s letter . " I am informed that there is a man in England , an Italian , AVIIO has leA'ied contributions to a very great extent on the Craft . His name is Georges de Bertok , and he sometimes calls himself the Comte de Bertola : he is a lame man , and it appears he exists by begging from Masons , and is one of the greatest impostors . I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , Brighton , Jan . 26 rff , 1859 . W . C .

TO THE EDITOB OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DJBAB SIR AKD BKOTIIEK , —On Saturday , the 15 th of January , a Bro . II ¦ T , of the Loclge of Harmony , No . 387 , Farcham , Hants , called on me as W . M . ofthe Royal Union Lodge , No . 307 , and solicited assistance tale of

my , telling me a his haA'ing suffered shqjivreck , and thereby lost all he possessed ; he also said he ivas on his way to London , Avhere he ivould be able to obtain employment . Believing that he was a Avorthy Brother , and one that I ought to assist , I gave him fiA'e shillings , the largest amount that I am empoivered to give Avithout a special vote of the Lodge . He then showed mo a paper which had several signatures of Brethren

and amounts on it , and asked me to put down my name and amount ; this I declined doing . I have since heard from a Brother ( a member of our Loclge ) who resides m Gloucester , that the following iveek Bro . II T applied to him for relief , shoAving him this paper , to ivhich he had added my name and an amount of half a crown ; also the name of the Royal Union Lodge for a like amount , both of ivhich signatures must have been forged , as I neither gave any Brother authority to sign the paper , neither did I sign it . My object in ivriting this is to put the Brethren on their guard against